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Hooked Small-Mason

Hoplitis adunca

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 53, February 39, March 61, April 96, May 139, June 152, July 162, August 140, September 102, October 76, November 42, December 33.
United States1,096
Alaska1,096
Germany157
Bayern59
Niedersachsen25
Poland23
France19
Baden-Württemberg15
Hessen15
Masovian Voivodeship15

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyMason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees · Megachilidae
GenusSmall Mason Bees · Hoplitis

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